Executive Resumes – Do’s and Don’ts

As an executive career coach, I am often asked to look at, or critique, a senior level candidates executive resume. There are many styles of CV, but as part of my career counselling and career coaching service, the CV often stands out as the one stumbling block that can prevent you from getting enough job interviews.

As my company focuses on working exclusively with executive level clients I have discovered that one career coach will offer slightly different views from another, on what makes a good executive level CV or resume. So what is the advice from recruiters? What do they like to see on a senior level resume / CV?

This advice is based on a lot of feedback from a large number of senior level headhunters and recruiters, and they are the people who can get you more interviews, so it’s their insights that I’m passing on directly to you; keep it simply formatted, have a compelling executive summary (sometimes referred to as the personal profile) at the top of the page, supported by a well thought out, impactful series of bullet points within your career history (using the s.t.a.r. format in detail throughout. I’m happy to elaborate on this; just drop me a line). If you stick to this simple but effective format you should start to gain more traction and more interviews as a result.

The general purpose and scope of personal training

There’s a lot of personal trainers around lately, you can see a car with such their advertisement probably every 10 minutes, and never the same one. Open the yellow pages and you will find more personal trainers in your local area than you can imagine. Go to any gym, even a small local one, and you will find a few trainers there ready to give you advise and start your training right away.

With so many professionals around, it’s worth taking time to find out what is it that they actually do, and what makes them so popular.

What does a Personal Trainer do?

Personal Trainer is a professional fitness and exercise instructor, specialising in working with clients one on one to motivate them and set appropriate exercise goals based on various personal factors, such as health, weight, fitness or body type and build. They will also measure the person’s limits with a set of exercises designed to assess one’s strengths and weaknesses.

Many trainers will also be able to educate you when it comes to general wellness and other aspects of a healthy lifestyle, such as nutrition and general health guidelines. They are qualified professionals trained to recognise many health issues and take appropriate measures, which are in most cases referring the client to a specialist or health professional to take care of the issue that might be in a way of the exercise program.

The purpose and scope of personal training

The main goal of this profession is to enhance the fitness and health of the general population, with the use of exercise and healthy diet, among other things. Studies show that a well tailored exercise program may improve your heart condition, performance and the general body composition, and for those of us that have no idea of what exercises or diets to choose, a professional personal trainer is just the right motivator to finally bite the bullet, take care of your body and start living healthy!